I dont know what she is saying, but this is fascinating to watch...

We are very Happy to share our Yiddish Cover version to the very popular 1982 Israeli song of the great great pioneer of Israeli music - Ehud Banai.

Kikar has a report on an interesting psak issued by Rav Chaim Kanievsky to Dr. Meshulam Hart (Hirth? Hearth? ). Dr. Hart, a seemingly renowned doctor (pediatrician) in Bnei Braq is relied upon by Rav Kanievsky for his medical opinions and how they affect halachic decisions.

By law, a parent is able to take a sick day from work when sick, and also when a minor child that needs parental care is sick.

A woman came to Dr. Hat's clinic requesting a doctor's note to submit to her place of employment due to the illness of her child. Dr. Hart does not just give out sick notes by request but has to make sure it is a request that meets the requirements. He asked for details and it turns out that the story offered by this woman was that her married daughter was sick for two weeks with a serious condition that required her to be admitted to a hospital and she needed her mother to help care for her. The mother is now requesting a sick note because obviously she was not able to go to wok but had to help her sick daughter.

Dr. Hart responded that the law only allows for a mother to get a sick note to help a minor child, not an adult child, and he therefore refused the request. She pressed further saying that this daughter needed her assistance no less than any minor child ever would.

They made an agreement that Dr. Hart would ask Rav Kanievsky and whatever he decided they would do.

After hearing the question with details of the illness and how the mother was able to help, Rav Kanievsky decided that she was really not able to work at all while her daughter was sick and she too could be considered sick in some way because of it and can claim it as sick days.

(the original publication this was taken from added a note not to extrapolate from this case and apply the decision to other cases)

the new broadcasting authority seems to have an ask the rabbi program, and this is the most recent question.. He takes a roundabout path to getting to the answer, and his hand motions annoy me, but he talks clearly and seems dynamic...

the Knesset plenum is still the best show in town...

MK Dudi Amsalem (Likud) has proposed a law that would require municipalities to open their city council meetings to the public.

They would have to live stream the meeting on the Internet and make it available to the general public via the municipal website or another external website linked from it. The Iryah would have to publicize the video of the meetings and post the transcript of the meeting within two weeks of the meeting having taken place.

Additionally, the Iryah would be required to open the doors of the city council meetings to the public. Currently they only have to make the meeting visible to the public, such as via a screen hookup in another room.

This proposal was pushed by the "social watch" organization in order to increase transparency and public awareness of what is happening.
source: Radio Kol Hai News

Opening the doors to the public seems to me to be opening the door to potential havoc and chaos. I am sure the public would not be allowed to speak,but on heated issues it might be difficult to control people. As well, on issues that the public is very interested in, spectators might flood the meeting and make it very crowded and uncomfortable. Personally I think the requirement for live streaming the meeting should be enough.